An equipment management system comprises a first database configured to store equipment information about an equipment, a second database configured to store user information about a user, and a controller configured to collect the equipment information from a control apparatus controlling the equipment. The controller is configured to allow access to the first database from the control apparatus. The controller is configured to prohibit access to the second database from the control apparatus.
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2. The equipment management system according to claim 1, wherein the first database and the second database are physically different databases.
3. The equipment management system according to claim 1, wherein the equipment information includes at least one of: sensing data including numerical data representing an operation state of the equipment; an error code identifying an error of the equipment; statistical data obtained by a statistical process of the numerical data; reference data including a threshold value compared with the numerical data; or an operation history of the equipment.
4. The equipment management system according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to set an access authority of an information element included in the equipment information for each entity which accesses the equipment information.
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